I live in Center City. 

It is a 75m² 3 room apartment in the city center.

A lot of the time this will be close to the urban center.

So freestanding single retail buildings and strip centers.

Turns out that's not the case, though the Wells Fargo option I know of has better rates than what I can find.As or right now the best option I can find is the PenFed Credit Union's HELOChttps://www.penfed.org/home-equity-center/home-equ...up to 80% LTV, line limit 10-400k, variable rate 5.25% (prime + 1%, prime is 4.25%)Those rates are pretty good, especially for short term money. 

I feel as if the proximity to the highway, shopping center(s), and golf course will help it out.

I have a Brazilian client who got his EB5 through one of those government approved centers.

Yes they have demolished the mall but have already begun work to put in a brand new community Center!

From Texas Real Estate Center (RECON) October 27, 2017 Employment growth outside of Houston offsets Harvey negatives COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – The Texas economy continues to create more jobs as the impacts of Hurricane Harvey on the Houston’s employment growth rate are offset by higher employment growth rates in other larger metro areas.According to the Real Estate Center's latest Monthly Review of the Texas Economy, Texas gained 256,100 nonagricultural jobs from September 2016 to September 2017, an annual growth rate of 2.1 percent, higher than the nation’s employment growth rate of 1.2 percent.

The area is growing with about 40 new national retail stores in the last 4 years.and a major shopping center about 3 miles away.